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1946 Chronicle of The Cinema

by wijayaandik • Created 8 years ago • Modified 4 months ago
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  • Beauty and the Beast (1946)

    1. Beauty and the Beast

    19461h 33mNot Rated92Metascore
    7.9 (29K)
    A beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.
    DirectorsJean CocteauRené ClémentStarsJean MaraisJosette DayMila Parély
    Criterion / OKRU
  • Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in The Big Sleep (1946)

    2. The Big Sleep

    19461h 54mApproved86Metascore
    7.9 (93K)
    Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail--and what might be love.
    DirectorHoward HawksStarsHumphrey BogartLauren BacallJohn Ridgely
    Film 103
  • Rita Hayworth in Gilda (1946)

    3. Gilda

    19461h 50mApproved
    7.6 (37K)
    A small-time gambler hired to work in a Buenos Aires casino discovers his employer's new wife is his former lover.
    DirectorCharles VidorStarsRita HayworthGlenn FordGeorge Macready
    OKRU
  • Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, and Victor Mature in My Darling Clementine (1946)

    4. My Darling Clementine

    19461h 37mApproved
    7.7 (27K)
    After their cattle are stolen and their brother murdered, the Earp brothers have a score to settle with the Clanton family.
    DirectorsJohn FordLloyd BaconStarsHenry FondaLinda DarnellVictor Mature
    Film 103
  • Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant, and Claude Rains in Notorious (1946)

    5. Notorious

    19461h 42mApproved100Metascore
    7.9 (111K)
    The daughter of a convicted German spy is asked by American agents to gather information on a ring of German scientists in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantIngrid BergmanClaude Rains
    Film 103
  • Paisan (1946)

    6. Paisan

    19462hApproved
    7.6 (10K)
    American military personnel interact warily with a variety of Italian locals over a year and a half in the push north during the Italian Campaign of WWII as German forces make their retreat.
    DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsCarmela SazioGar MooreWilliam Tubbs
    Criterion
  • Kirk Douglas, Van Heflin, Barbara Stanwyck, and Lizabeth Scott in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

    7. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

    19461h 56mApproved
    7.4 (12K)
    A man is reunited with his childhood friend and her husband who believes he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier.
    DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsBarbara StanwyckVan HeflinLizabeth Scott
    OKRU
  • Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, William Conrad, and Charles McGraw in The Killers (1946)

    8. The Killers

    19461h 43mApproved
    7.7 (25K)
    Hit men arrive in a small New Jersey town to kill an unresisting victim, and insurance investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.
    DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsBurt LancasterAva GardnerEdmond O'Brien
    Film 103
  • Lana Turner and John Garfield in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

    9. The Postman Always Rings Twice

    19461h 53mApproved84Metascore
    7.4 (24K)
    A married woman and a drifter fall in love and plot to murder her husband.
    DirectorTay GarnettStarsLana TurnerJohn GarfieldCecil Kellaway
    Film 103
  • Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles, and Loretta Young in The Stranger (1946)

    10. The Stranger

    19461h 35mApproved76Metascore
    7.3 (30K)
    An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi.
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesEdward G. RobinsonLoretta Young
    OKRU
  • Jean Simmons, Finlay Currie, Valerie Hobson, Martita Hunt, John Mills, and Tony Wager in Great Expectations (1946)

    11. Great Expectations

    19461h 58mApproved90Metascore
    7.8 (28K)
    A humble orphan boy in 1810s Kent is given the opportunity to go to London and become a gentleman, with the help of an unknown benefactor.
    DirectorDavid LeanStarsJohn MillsValerie HobsonTony Wager
    OKRU
  • James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

    12. It's a Wonderful Life

    19462h 10mPG89Metascore
    8.6 (530K)
    An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
    DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartDonna ReedLionel Barrymore
    Film 103
  • Gregory Peck, Claude Jarman Jr., and Jane Wyman in The Yearling (1946)

    13. The Yearling

    19462h 8mApproved89Metascore
    7.2 (6.8K)
    A boy persuades his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?
    DirectorClarence BrownStarsGregory PeckJane WymanClaude Jarman Jr.
    OKRU
  • Evelyn Keyes and Larry Parks in The Jolson Story (1946)

    14. The Jolson Story

    19462h 8mApproved
    7.2 (1.9K)
    This movie shows the idealized career of the singer Al Jolson, a little Jewish boy who goes against the will of his father in order to be in showbiz. He becomes a star, falls in love with a non-Jewish dancer, and marries her. In the end he chooses success on the stage.
    DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsLarry ParksEvelyn KeyesWilliam Demarest
    OKRU
  • The Green Years (1946)

    15. The Green Years

    19462h 7mApproved
    7.1 (1.2K)
    An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to become a doctor. However, the boy's harsh grandfather stands in his way.
    DirectorVictor SavilleStarsCharles CoburnTom DrakeBeverly Tyler
    OKRU
  • The Razor's Edge (1946)

    16. The Razor's Edge

    19462h 25mApproved
    7.3 (7.1K)
    An adventuresome young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though she is already married.
    DirectorEdmund GouldingStarsTyrone PowerGene TierneyJohn Payne
    Film 103 / OKRU
  • Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten, and Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun (1946)

    17. Duel in the Sun

    19462h 9mApproved
    6.7 (10K)
    Beautiful, biracial Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between two brothers, one good and the other bad.
    DirectorsKing VidorOtto BrowerWilliam DieterleStarsJennifer JonesJoseph CottenGregory Peck
    Los Movies / Film 103
  • Rosalind Russell in Sister Kenny (1946)

    18. Sister Kenny

    19461h 56mApproved
    7.2 (1.3K)
    An Australian nurse, Sister Kenny, discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
    DirectorDudley NicholsStarsRosalind RussellAlexander KnoxDean Jagger
    OKRU
  • The Spiral Staircase (1946)

    19. The Spiral Staircase

    19461h 23mApproved
    7.3 (12K)
    In 1916, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions"; one night during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced.
    DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsDorothy McGuireGeorge BrentEthel Barrymore
    Film 101
  • Linda Darnell, Rex Harrison, and Irene Dunne in Anna and the King of Siam (1946)

    20. Anna and the King of Siam

    19462h 8mApproved
    7.0 (2.8K)
    In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.
    DirectorJohn CromwellStarsIrene DunneRex HarrisonLinda Darnell
    OKRU
  • Dana Andrews, Susan Hayward, and Brian Donlevy in Canyon Passage (1946)

    21. Canyon Passage

    19461h 32mApproved
    6.9 (2.8K)
    Businessman Logan Stuart is torn between his love of two very different women in 1850's Oregon and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.
    DirectorJacques TourneurStarsDana AndrewsBrian DonlevySusan Hayward
    Nova / Film 103
  • Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Joan Caulfield, and Billy De Wolfe in Blue Skies (1946)

    22. Blue Skies

    19461h 39mApproved
    6.4 (1.6K)
    An ex-dancer and New York radio star narrates his love story for a band singer who loved a self-centered man who was unable to commit to his nightclub business or his family.
    DirectorsStuart HeislerMark SandrichStarsFred AstaireBing CrosbyJoan Caulfield
    OKRU
  • Judy Garland in The Harvey Girls (1946)

    23. The Harvey Girls

    19461h 42mApproved65Metascore
    7.0 (5.1K)
    On a train trip West to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women travelling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.
    DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsJudy GarlandRay BolgerJohn Hodiak
    Film 103
  • The Blue Dahlia (1946)

    24. The Blue Dahlia

    19461h 36mApproved
    7.1 (10K)
    An ex-bomber pilot is suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife.
    DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsAlan LaddVeronica LakeWilliam Bendix
    Film 103
  • Olivia de Havilland and Lew Ayres in The Dark Mirror (1946)

    25. The Dark Mirror

    19461h 25mApproved
    7.1 (6K)
    A man is found murdered, and witnesses are sure about the woman they saw leaving his apartment. However, it becomes apparent that the woman has a twin, and finding out which one is the killer seems impossible.
    DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsOlivia de HavillandLew AyresThomas Mitchell
    Film 103

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